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Student report cards Presentation for Parents of Secondary School Students 2007. What are the student report cards?. They are report cards that: Are used in all Government primary and secondary schools to report student achievement in P-10. Why are the student report cards
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Student report cardsPresentation for Parents of Secondary School Students 2007
What are the student report cards? • They are report cards that: • Are used in all Government primary and secondary schools to report student achievement in P-10.
Why are the student report cards being introduced? • Consultation with parents highlighted a number of issues: • variation from school to school • lack of clarity in terms of understanding what their child has achieved and what they can do to support their child’s progress.
Why are the student report cards being introduced? - continued • Student report cards will follow a common format and be written in plain English. • They are being introduced so that: • there is consistency from school to school • parents will receive a clear picture of their child’s progress against the same state-wide standards.
What won’t change? • Two reports to parents per year • Parent-teacher interviews
Key features – Part 1 Subject Pages • Domains • Progress • Ratings • Work habits – effort and class behaviour
Why are there A-E ratings on the student report card? • Parents have said they find the current approaches schools use are hard to understand. • The A-E ratings will have the same meaning from school to school. • They will be used in the same way to report against the same state-wide standards.
What do the A-E ratings mean? In every school:
Key features - Part 1 continued • What ‘Kate’ has achieved • Areas for improvement/future learning • The school will do the following to support ‘Kate’ in her learning • What you can do at home to help ‘Kate’s’ progress
Key features - Part 2 • My learning goals • Student comment • Teacher comment • My future learning goals
Key features – Part 2 continued • Attendance • Parent comment
Optional summary page • A chart with A-E ratings for subjects where more than one teacher has contributed to the assessment • What the school will do to support the student in their learning • What you can do at home to further support the student’s learning
What about… • Students who are on Individual Learning Plans? • Students who are studying ESL? • Students in year 10 who are performing above the state-wide standard?
Additional information • Additional information that we will provide in the report include: • extra curricular activities
More information • You can visit the Student Reports web site http://www.education.vic.gov.au/studentlearning/studentreports/default.htm • You can also email the Department of Education at student.reports@edumail.vic.gov.au